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PHOTOS: Malaysia Airlines plane crashes in Ukraine near Russia border

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Saturday, July 19, 2014
A man lays flowers in front of restaurant Asian Glories in Rotterdam, Saturday, July 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)
A doll and other personal effects lie on the ground at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines jet in eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 19, 2014.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Pro-Russian fighters walk on a road with victims' bodies lying in bags at crash site of a Malaysia jet in eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 19, 2014 (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Emergency workers carry a stretcher with a victim's body in a bag at the crash site of a Malaysia jet in eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A pro-Russian fighter guards the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines jet near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 19, 2014.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Reps from the Organization for Security and Cooperation and Ukrainian experts arrive at the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines jet, near the village of Hrabove, July 18, 2014.
A relative of Hendry, an Indonesian passenger of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, cries as he speaks to journalists in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Indonesian resident Widi Yuwono, the brother of Yuli Hastini, rear, holds a photograph of his sister's family who were on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. (AP Photo)
A woman walks at the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, eastern Ukraine Friday, July 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Pro-Russian fighters guard the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, July 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
A piece of a plane with the sign "Malaysia Airlines" lies in the grass near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, July 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Local citizens, background, look at the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, eastern Ukraine July 18, 2014.
Candles are placed for a prayer for victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 at a church outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014 (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)
People hold candles and place flower tribute outside the Dutch embassy to commemorate victims of Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014.
A man gestures at a crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014.
People walk amongst the debris, at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014.
People walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014.
Smoke rises up at a crash site of a passenger plane, near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014.
A woman with a child walks past the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014.
This Nov. 15, 2012 photo shows the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 with the tail number 9M-MRD that went down in Ukraine. (AP Photo/JoePriesAviation.net)
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A man lays flowers in front of restaurant Asian Glories in Rotterdam, Saturday, July 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)

A plane that went missing in Ukraine near the Russian border has crashed, and reports indicate the plane was shot down by a missile.

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